Ironing-table.



A. H. HAUSER.

IRONING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED we. 10, 1905.

949 8% Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

294mm I W ALBERT H. HAUSER, 0F DEFIANCE, OHIO.

IRONING-TABLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. HAUsER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Defiance, R. F. D. No. 10, in the county of Defiance, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Tables; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to ironing tables.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an ironing table with folding legs held in position on the ironing board in a novel manner.

Another object of the invention is to provide, in an ironing table of this character, an arrangement of the legs which will enable an ironing blanket to be readily attached to the ironing board while the same is folded.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists, in general of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and specifically set forth in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and :Figure l is a side elevation of a table constructed in accordance with this invent-ion. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail section showing the means to hold the table in working position.

The numeral 1 indicates an ironing board provided at one end with the usual reduced portion 2. Adjacent the opposite end a cleat 3 provided with reduced ends a eX- tends across the board, the cleat projecting sufliciently beyond the sides of the board to permit a leg to lie between the shoulder at the reduced portion and the board on each aide thereof. Pivotally mounted upon the reduced portions 4 of this cleat are a pair of legs 5 and 6. These legs are braced at their lower ends by means of a cross brace 7. Other legs 8 and 9 lie between the legs 5 and are spaced apart so that these legs when the board is folded will lie outside of the side edges of the board. The legs 5 and 6 and the legs 8 and 9 are pivotally connected by means of a cross rod or bar 10. The legs 8 and 9 are further provided with a cross brace 11 similar to the cross brace 7 of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 10, 1905.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

Serial No. 273,617.

' legs 5 and 6. At what may be termed the upper portion of the legs 8 and 9 they are connected by means of a bar 12 which are preferably termed a stop bar. Mounted upon the under side of the board at the reduced end 2 is a longitudinally disposed their points directed toward the adjacent end of the board. This ratchet bar 13 has a downwardly depending car 14.. The car 14 is perforated and there is slidably mounted therein what I term a latch bar 19 and this latch bar is provided with a downwardly bent end to form a limitstop for the forward movement of said latch. bar.

The legs 5 and 6 extend, when the board is set up, above the board and are connected by means of a shelf 15. There is further provided in connection with this board and pivoted thereto as at 16 a number of rack bars 17 adapted to be swung in or out from the board.

A great advantage to be noted from the peculiar construction of the legs lying outside of the side edges of the board is that when the board is folded the ironing blanket and sheet may be readily applied thereto inasmuch as the legs are all out of the way and do not prevent the blanket and sheet being tacked to the board close to the edge on the under side. Another great advantage of this construction is that the teeth of the rack bar, being pointed toward the end of the board adjacent that bar, permits the ready collapsing or folding of the board when the latch bar 19 is withdrawn from its position underneath the stop bar 12. with the ordinary form of teeth directed in the opposite direction the board must be lifted after the holding means is withdrawn, but in the present instance it is merely necessary to draw the holding means and the legs 8 and 9 immediately collapse themselves.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

The combination in an ironing table, of a board, a transversely disposed cleat secured to the under face of said board at one end and having reduced ends projecting beyond the corresponding side edges of the board, a longitudinally disposed ratchet bar secured to the under face of said board at the opposite end thereof and provided with teeth having their points directed toward the adjacent end of the board, a depending ear formed upon the inner end of said bar and ratchet bar 13 provided with teeth having provided with a perforation formed therethrough below the lower end of the teeth formed in said bar, a transversely disposed stop bar adapted for interchangeable engagement with said teeth a longitudinally disposed latch bar movable endwise through said perforation and directly across the edges of said teeth to retain said stop bar between said teeth, said latch bar having its inner end bent downwardly in the rear of said shoulder to provide a stop for limiting the forward movement of said latch bar, a pair of legs pivotally mounted upon the reduced ends of said cleat and extending above the upper face of said board, a shelf 15 stop bar being secured to the upper ends 20 of said last mentioned legs all arranged in the manner set forth.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT H. I-IAUSER. Vitnesses OTTO TENN soN, CLARENCE THOMPSON. 

